diff --git a/fs/pipe.c b/fs/pipe.c
index ea680351e..8e217f2f3 100755
--- a/fs/pipe.c
+++ b/fs/pipe.c
@@ -437,12 +437,10 @@ pipe_write(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_WATCH_QUEUE
-	if (pipe->watch_queue) {
+	if (pipe_has_watch_queue(pipe)) {
 		ret = -EXDEV;
 		goto out;
 	}
-#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * Epoll nonsensically wants a wakeup whether the pipe
@@ -1320,10 +1318,8 @@ static long pipe_set_size(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, unsigned long arg)
 	unsigned int nr_slots, size;
 	long ret = 0;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_WATCH_QUEUE
-	if (pipe->watch_queue)
+	if (pipe_has_watch_queue(pipe))
 		return -EBUSY;
-#endif
 
 	size = round_pipe_size(arg);
 	nr_slots = size >> PAGE_SHIFT;
@@ -1376,10 +1372,8 @@ struct pipe_inode_info *get_pipe_info(struct file *file, bool for_splice)
 
 	if (file->f_op != &pipefifo_fops || !pipe)
 		return NULL;
-#ifdef CONFIG_WATCH_QUEUE
-	if (for_splice && pipe->watch_queue)
+	if (for_splice && pipe_has_watch_queue(pipe))
 		return NULL;
-#endif
 	return pipe;
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
index 7b26a96f1..57e3c921b 100755
--- a/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
+++ b/include/linux/pipe_fs_i.h
@@ -122,6 +122,22 @@ struct pipe_buf_operations {
 	bool (*get)(struct pipe_inode_info *, struct pipe_buffer *);
 };
 
+/**
+ * pipe_has_watch_queue - Check whether the pipe is a watch_queue,
+ * i.e. it was created with O_NOTIFICATION_PIPE
+ * @pipe: The pipe to check
+ *
+ * Return: true if pipe is a watch queue, false otherwise.
+ */
+static inline bool pipe_has_watch_queue(const struct pipe_inode_info *pipe)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_WATCH_QUEUE
+	return pipe->watch_queue != NULL;
+#else
+	return false;
+#endif
+}
+
 /**
  * pipe_empty - Return true if the pipe is empty
  * @head: The pipe ring head pointer